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H. E. RUSSELL, Jr.

TRANSOM LIFTER.

N0. 246,639. Patented Sept.. 6,1881.

M D WW v 6 HENRY E. RUSSELL, JR, F NEIV BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORTO THE RUSSELL & ERWIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRANSOM-LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,639, datedSeptember 6, 1881.

Application filed July 21, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. RUssELL, Jr., of New Britain, in the countyof Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented cerrain new anduseful Improvements in Transom-Lifters, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to transom-lifters in which the rod is jointed andprovided with a roller at the joint; and the objects of my improvementsare to keep the rod from bending and to make it work smooth and easy,with a rolling movement over the casing. I attain these objects by themechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a side elevation, andFig. 2 a front elevation. The device is thereinrepresented as applied to a transom which is hinged at the bottom, butitis applicableto transoms hinged at the top or middle.

A designates a bracket or arm, designed to be secured to the transom,and to which arm the upper member, B, of the lifting-rod is pivoted.

C designates a socket, through which the lower member, D, of thelifting-rod passes, and in which it is fastened in any desired positionby means of the set-screw a or other suitable fastener; andEa guideforgoverningthe lower member, D, of the lifting-rod. The upper and lowermembers of the lifting-rod are pivoted together at their meeting ends,as shown. Transom-lifters consisting of the parts thus far specificallydescribed are old and hereby 5 disclaimed. Upon the lower end of theupper member, B, I place a forked roller-frame, 1), within which is theroller 0, and upon the up per end of the lower member, D, there is a (Nomodel.)

forked frame, (I, while the axle-pin, upon which I the roller ismounted, passes through the meeting ends of the frames b d, and formsthe joint which connects the upper and lower members of the lifting-rod.The roller should be of such size that its periphery will bear againstthe casing when the lower member of the lifting- 5 rod is supported bythe guide E and socket C, and said member is substantially parallel tothefaceofthecasing,asshowninFig.1. When the transom is opened the uppermember of thelifting-rod swings outward, as indicated by broken lines inFig. 1, and has a tendency to spring the upper end of the lower memberinward toward the casing, so that when not supported by the roller 0 therod bends inward and causes the parts to bind and not work 5 smoothly;but when the joint is supported by the roller 0 said roller travels upand down the casing, keeps the lower member of the rod parallel to saidcasing, and causes the parts to work smooth and easy.

I claim as my invention 1. In a transom-lifter, the combination of theupper and lower members of the jointed rod and the supporting-roller atthejoint thereof, substantially as described, and for the purposespecified.

2. In a transom-lifter, the combination of the upper and lower membersof the liftingrod, the forked frames 1) d, and the roller 0, connectedtogether by an axle-pin common to both frames and the roller,substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

HENRY'E. RUSSELL, JR.

VVit-nesses T. F. BIsHoP, M. S. WIARD'.

